Who the hell told you we don’t like your voice/accent. It’s the best part of the video in my opinion. It makes the video so nostalgic.
11 months ago | 224
Wish you all the best Fahad, don't you worry about frequency in your uploads or your voice. As fans we care about you and it doesnt matter if a video is uploaded today or never, you have enriched us with wonderful documentaries, but it is more important that you look after yourself first 🙏🏼
11 months ago
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1st, i like your voice and 2nd, you are the GOAT of football doc's. Keep going and wish you all the best. 👍
11 months ago | 210
BALON, NOBODY HATES YOUR ACCENT. PLEASE NEVER CHANGE, YOUR CHANNEL IS PERFECT IN ALL WAYS. THE STORYTELLING, ACCENTED VOICE OVER, EDIT WORK, GRAPHICS AND DETAILS. cant wait for the next upload. 🙏
11 months ago | 48
Balon is quite literally the best football documentary channel on Youtube right now.
11 months ago | 58
There’s no “balon” without the accent. Your work is unprecedented. Take care of yourself and come back stronger 💪🏾❤
11 months ago | 18
Thank you so much for everything you do, this channel has become my absolute favorite on YouTube - your documentaries are truly something special. Cheers!
5 months ago | 0
Fahad, I absolutely love your documentaries. They are pieced together with a lot of love/thought behind them and honestly, your voice/accent is part of what makes this channel so great. I have a friend with a comparable accent so something about your voice feels reassuring. As for your output of content, don't let anybody rush you. There used to be a time when being creative didnt mean putting out stuff like it's on a fastfood conveyor belt. Quality takes time and your health comes first, ALWAYS. Stay strong, brother. Keep it up, at your pace 👏🏾
11 months ago
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Big ups Fahad, your piece on Brian Clough is to this day the best sports doc I have ever seen, especially here on Youtube. Just know you have many people who adore your work and appreciate the work you put in. All the best.
11 months ago
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We wish you all the best Fahad, you're one of the most talented creators there :)
11 months ago | 12
Fahad, you'd the only football doc maker on YouTube who I could listen to all-day, brings me back the 80s and that unknown of football outside Ireland and the UK, obviously I know the stories you're telling but the part that makes it is HOW you tell it. Your soundtrack music is the best of any doc I've ever watched. When it's up, it's up, you have to wait for quality.
10 months ago | 2
Please Never Change Your Voice Fahad it's the best Part and Take Your time, Stay Healthy and Keep Producing Pure Joy of Docs. Love your Work. It's like Music to the Ears. 🎶
11 months ago | 10
Your videos are awesome your voice is incredible take your time you owe people nothing, English here and watch your videos every time as they are iconic football documentaries absolutely class brother
11 months ago
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All of your videos are excellent and the level of detail is much appreciated . The Serie A videos being the best and have had multiple repeat viewings from me . Can’t wait for the next one ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
10 months ago | 0
I might be commenting late but your voice is one of the main reasons I'm drawn to your videos. It compliments the documentaries perfectly, and I wish I could see these more often but your health and interests come first before any of ours! thank you for your hard work, and no matter what you put out I will be watching the minute it drops. I just finished the Zidane video, and not only is it one of my favorites, but it opened up a whole new perspective for me towards Zidane. Anyways, last thing, not a demand but just some suggestions; Messi and Ronaldo's careers part 2, Real Madrid's 3 peat, covering Thomas Muller's underrated career, Mourinho's career, and Spain's 3 peat would all be amazing topics to cover. Hope you're well and can't wait for the next video!
5 months ago | 0
Quality over quantity. Your videos are well informed and well researched. 👍 . Even if you upload only 1 or 2 videos a year it won't matter. Keep up the good work 💪🏼
11 months ago
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There’s nothing wrong with your accent Balon. You are doing awesome on your YouTube Channel. I really enjoy all your videos. 😊
9 months ago | 4
I really like your videos keep doing the amazing work you're doing and also i like your voice ♥️👍
11 months ago | 3
Your accent is perfect brotha it really adds to the retro feel of your videos. Personally, it’s one of my favourite things bout your videos 🔥
11 months ago | 3
Honestly your unique voice and accent is what gives your unique documentaries their unique taste
11 months ago | 5
balón - English
Hi everybody, hope you are all well.
I'm a guy who doesn't like to talk a lot, especially on social media platforms. I just like to focus on my work. This may be a negative thing, especially as I have a channel with wonderful and enthusiastic viewers who demand new episodes. But in all cases, I wanted to apologize for the long absence and wanted to give an update to anyone who's interested.
The absence can be linked to several reasons. The first being that I'm a guy who works on the channel in my free time. Sometimes life takes over my hobby, which is normal. Some people may look at the volume of uploads on my channel and say I take a lot of time, but I don't feel that way. I actually think that my uploads are always ahead of schedule given the work behind the scenes. I'm usually burned out by the end of each episode.
Another reason is basically a mixture of boredom and repetitiveness. The episodes have different stories, but personally I felt the passion fading with each episode.
The final reason for this absence is a medical condition which limits my ability to do voice-over. It's a complicated matter and I prefer not to speak (just like Mourinho). But briefly, this means that i'm limiting the amount of episodes with voice-over until I fix this issue.
I know some people don't like the accent and would say "just hire somebody else", but in the context of my channel, I enjoy doing every single part of production.
Now an answer to the most asked question I received these past few months "Is there a new episode ?"
And the answer is YES.
During this period I worked, and i'm still working on a new episode. But, it's new in every way.
My medical condition opened a door for me to try something new, a new style of storytelling, a refreshed editing style, and a focus on other parts of a subject rather than being more information driven.
It's a project that tries to answer a question I ask myself "Can I produce a documentary on a bigger scale?"
Of course this project comes with numerous issues and roadblocks, the biggest being Youtube's copyright restrictions. After working for months on this project, I tried to test and upload some of it on my channel and it immediately got blocked. It didn't even allow me to share it privately or at least give the option to share it without monetization.
Of course, it is well in their right to do so. In my previous uploads, I was always limited by copyright restrictions which restricted my editing style (very short match highlights, constant cutting...etc)
With that said, I came up with an alternative idea to upload the finished project. It will restrict the view count, it will not be uploaded on my channel, but it gives me freedom to produce something without restrictions, and just have fun with it.
It's certainly something new, and sparked a new passion and drive in me that was fading.
Hopefully, in the next few weeks or months, and when I feel like the film is close to a final draft, I will inform everybody with the instructions on how to watch it.
And finally just to be transparent, it may be gated by a very very small fee to cover the blocked monetization.
Hope this clears up some of your questions.
Thank you for your time,
Fahad
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